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. 2024 Oct 26;102:skae327. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae327

Table 4.

Spearman rank correlations between benchmark index1 and other indexes using either EBV or phenotypes as selection criteria, and their SE

Spearman correlation with benchmark index
TW2 scaled economic value PFEC3 scaled economic value EBV (SE) Phenotypic (SE)
+1.0 02 1.000 1.000
+1.0 03 0.989 (0.000) 0.998 (0.000)
+1.0 −1 0.689 (0.004) 0.613 (0.005)
+1.5 −1 0.806 (0.003) 0.753 (0.003)
+2.0 −1 0.864 (0.002) 0.832 (0.002)
+2.5 −1 0.897 (0.002) 0.878 (0.002)
+3.0 −1 0.918 (0.001) 0.907 (0.001)
+3.5 −1 0.931 (0.001) 0.927 (0.001)
+4.0 −1 0.941 (0.001) 0.940 (0.001)
+4.5 −1 0.948 (0.001) 0.950 (0.001)
+5.0 −1 0.953 (0.001) 0.958 (0.001)

1Benchmark index is where PFEC is excluded from both the selection criteria and goal.

2PFEC not used as a selection criterion or goal trait (benchmark index).

3PFEC included as a selection criterion but not a goal trait.

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